NBA lockout: War of words continues

Shortly after going on Twitter to answer questions Sunday night and hours before the players representatives and other players (including Kobe Bryant) were to meet Monday, NBA commissioner David Stern issued a memo asking the players not to believe everything they have read in the "press or on social media." He then sent out a memo that details the league's latest proposal.

Billy Hunter quickly responded with a brief message to his union that said, "I am requesting that you contact your team player rep and fully voice your opinion(s) on the matter."

Not to be left out, agent Mark Batlestein told CBSSports.com that it's the owners, not agents, who are being greedy. Stern had blamed the agents, who are pushing for decertification, for the labor dispute impasse

"The greed that's being exhibited in this negotiation is strictly on the part of the NBA owners and nowhere else," Bartelstein said. "When the union has shifted well in excess of $3 billion over the course of this deal from players to owners and that's not good enough for the owners, that's the definition of greed."

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